Otter Creek Pale Ale

Pours copper with a quickly disappearing head. Aroma is lightly malty and floral. Taste is moderately sweet with notes of grapefruit, citrus and a medium dose of hops. The commercial description of this brew had me expecting a big PacNW hop character but it was pretty subdued. Somewhat of a bitter metallic aftertaste. Starts off with overly aggressive carbonation which mellows out over a a few minutes. Overall, not bad but not great either.

Bottle, from Julio’s. Bottled 6/23/04. Good nose, Sweet orangy grapefruit.Some pine too. Clear yellowie orange color. Small head that faded quickly. Sweet bitter flavors. Citrus, lemon/orange/grapefruit. Some nuttiness. Some toffee. Thin body.Syrupy mouthfeel. Dry bitter finish. Ok, but been done before.

A good pale ale. Has a pretty good hop presence with balanced malts. An enjoybable average beer.

Poured a dark golden color with a slight haze to it. The aroma was strong with hops. The taste was smooth and didn’t leave a bitter aftertaste.

This beer had a refreshing taste to it. It didn’t have a strong bitter taste either. It had a golden color. It is one of the good beers I have had.

Bottle pours golden, small frothy white head that settles to a dishwater like film, fairly attractive lacing, with subtle carbonation.   Straight forward hops on the nose.   Quite grainy on first sip.   No real hop bite that I had in the aroma.   Medium body, not quite medium mouthfeel.   Finishes rather flat, not very crisp, with only a minor hop tinge but mostly grains.

the bottle i had was brewed december, 2002, and i just drank it this weekend so maybe that affected it. it tasted like goose island beer.

12 bottle: hazed brownish orange with a fluffy, sticky head with great retention... woody, semi-sweet caramel piney hop aroma. Sourish, vanilla grapefruit flavour with a nice hop bite after a full palate of crystal malts. The malts interact with the cascade hops in an interesting way offering a strange natural souriness, enjoyable.